BuildingGreen Top 10 Green Products

Knoll FSC-Certified Furniture
Knoll produces a full line of commercial office furnishings (including casegoods, office systems, and tables) in a wide range of styles, materials, and finishes. All of Knoll’s standard furniture lines that incorporate wood now come standard with wood harvested from sustainably managed forests as certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). With just a few exceptions, Knoll recently began providing FSC-certified wood without asking, at no surcharge, and at standard lead times. Knoll is the only furniture company—and perhaps the only company of this size in any market sector—that has made such a significant commitment to sustainable forestry and FSC.

LEED value
• MR Credit 7: Certified Wood

Knoll, Inc.
East Greenville, Pennsylvania
knoll.com

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Niagara Stealth Toilet
Niagara Conservation’s ultra-high-efficiency Stealth toilet incorporates a vacuum-assist technology that uses only 0.8 gallons per flush (gpf) while producing very little noise (unlike standard pressure-assist toilets). The Stealth’s unique design incorporates a sealed tank-within-a-tank that, as the tank fills with water after the flush phase, forces air into the trapway below the toilet bowl. During the next flush, this bubble collapses creating negative pressure that pulls waste from the bowl. At 0.8 gpf the Stealth uses the same amount of water that many dual-flush toilets use on the lightest flush setting, and it is even quieter than many standard gravity-flush toilets.

LEED value
• WE Prerequisite 1: Water Use Reduction—20% Reduction
• WE Credit 2: Innovative Wastewater Technologies
• WE Credit 3: Water Use Reduction

Niagara Conservation Corp.
Cedar Knolls, New Jersey
niagaraconservation.com

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Electec EZ-Wiring & Cabling Systems
Electec’s EZ-Wiring is a cost-effective, plug-and-play, modular wiring system that contains no heavy metals and no halogens (bromine, chlorine, or fluorine), which are commonly used in cable sheathing. Rated as “low-smoke, zero-halogen” (LSZH), the company’s products include the four-wire EZ-Wiring D used primarily for lighting applications; the eight-wire H-Series for systems furniture, advanced lighting controls, and raised-floor systems; and the EZ-Cabling steel-shielded voice/data zone cabling. All of these modular systems are designed for reuse and reconfiguration using uniquely keyed connections that save resources and money, simplify retrofits, and prevent the buildup of abandoned cabling in walls or air-handling spaces, a common fire and health hazard.

Electec, Ltd.
Ottawa, Ontario
electeconline.com

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